# Max Graetz

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{{short description|German businessman and inventor}}
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'''Max Graetz''' (1861-1936) was the President/CEO of the [Ehrich & Graetz](/source/Ehrich_%26_Graetz) firm in Berlin. He was also the main inventor.

Between 1900-1916 he invented the [Petromax](/source/Petromax) lantern.

Ehrich & Graetz was a big metalworks firm until the Second World War.

==See also==
*[Kerosene lamp](/source/Kerosene_lamp)
*[Petromax](/source/Petromax)

==Further reading==
* Ernst Quadt: ''Deutsche Industriepioniere.'' Berlin 1940.

==External links==
*[http://www.petromax.nl www.petromax.nl]
*[http://www.hytta.de/info/en_graetz.htm Short History of Petromax and Graetz]
*[https://web.archive.org/web/20130506080336/http://classicpressurelamps.com/forum/ Historical Lamp Forum]

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